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Hey Mommas, you may think that you've got all the time to plan, but Christmas is just seven weeks away. So why not embrace the beginning of the (early) holiday season. Check out pop music critic Sean Daly's take on holiday music and see when Santa is planning to show up at bay area malls. After such a dismal year and news that we won't be spending as much on gifts, we need a little Christmas -- right now!
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Really? ONLY seven weeks away? I've stopped being a grouch about seeing decorations and store displays selling Christmas merchandise up BEFORE HALLOWEEN, but that comment is ridiculous.
I'm not a parent yet, but when I was little (I'm only 25) Christmas lights went up after Thanksgiving, and it STILL seemed to take forever to get there. I can only imagine, when we get to the point where there we feel there are ONLY seven weeks till Christmas, that the wait for kids these days must seem interminable.
I love this country, but it seems like the typical attitude that if something is good, then a lot is better, and MORE MORE MORE is best. Sorry for the totally unrelated rant!
Although, for moms, I realize a heads up about planning ahead isn't the end of the world :)
Posted by: Susan | November 07, 2009 at 10:51 AM
Christmas comes way too early these days. I long for those days when you waited for the day after Thanksgiving to see all the Christmas displays. Every year they start setting them up earlier and earlier.
Posted by: John | November 06, 2009 at 09:27 PM